8/24/10 cblog CHRIST KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES, M " in the synoptic gospels..Jesus being messiah comes at end but in john..first chapter..right at beginning re Jesus son of God..cat's out of bag at very beg..word was god w god..became flesh..no doubt..at beginning who Jesus was..two traditions..synoptic versus johanine..different but complmntry..'before philip called u I saw u under the fig tree"..sounds like exp of thomas in ..remebr how thomas came to faith..put hand on my side..it wasn't the proof..Jesus knew thomas bttr than thomas knew himself..doesn't say thomas did actually touch Jesus..."u ain't seen nothing yet.." remember jacob's ladder son..ref to..how struggled w/ angel..displaced his hip..we are all called..then he falls asleep..sees ladder angels coming & going..what is promised thru law & prophets..access to holy of holies...I say to u will see heavens open angels..holy city book of revelation 12 gates..12 tribes children of israel...why Jesus had 12 apostles..continuity btw law & prophets...24 elders..12 apostles, 12 tribes..boils down ..christ knows us better than we know ourselves..he will help us find ourself..access to holy of holies...some people criticize us for no communion rail..no..we have access..clericalism destructive..no ...christian priest offers himself..nathaniel aka bartholomew.."
Rev 21:9b-14 " The angel spoke to me, saying, Come here I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It gleamed with the splendor of God. Its radiance was like that of a precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal It had a massive, high wall, with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed and on which names were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. There were three gates facing east, three north, three south, and three west. The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation, on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb."
. Ps. 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 Responsorial Psalm R. (12) Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom and speak of your might. R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your
John 1. 45-51 "Philip found Nathanael and told him, We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth. But Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come from Nazareth?Philip said to him, Come and see.Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him. Nathanael said to him, How do you know me? Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this. And he said to him, Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
